NPC slams EU parliament resolution

Source: CCTV.com | 04-12-2008 12:50

The Foreign Relations Committee of China's National People's Congress has issued a statement over the resolution on Tibet passed on Thursday by the European Parliament.

The NPC says the European Parliament passed the resolution without acknowledging the facts and the strong opposition from China. It also says the resolution groundlessly condemned how the Tibetan Autonomous Regional Government dealt with the violence in March and the resolution has politicized the upcoming Beijing Olympics.

The NPC says China is resolutely opposed to and strongly indignant over the resolution, which seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people. The NPC states that the riots in Tibet in March were masterminded and fanned by the Tibetan separatists in and outside China. Their goal is to impose pressure on the central government, sabotage Beijing Olympics and the peaceful and harmonious social order in China. The riots have once again exposed the violence and independence nature of the Dalai Clique.

The National People's Congress says Tibet is an inalienable part of China and the Tibet issue belongs to China's internal affairs and no foreign country or international organization should interfere. The NPC says the European Parliament resolution not only interfered in China's internal affairs but also openly violated the "Olympic Charter". China is strongly opposed to linking the Tibet issue with the Beijing Olympics. Any attempt by taking the chance of China's hosting role in the upcoming Olympics to impose pressure on China is doomed to fail.

The NPC demands that European Parliament respects facts and stops sending wrong political signals to the Dalai Clique. And China's National People's Congress is sincerely hoping that the members of the European Parliament cherish the good China-EU relations and don't do things that will hurt the feelings of Chinese people again and harm the Olympic spirit, so that to ensure the healthy development of China-EU strategic partnership.

Editor:Xiong Qu